Film Ridley Scott is making Gladiator 2
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Two awful alien prequels, now this. It’s all a bit sad, especially when Blade Runner 2049 turned out so well without him.
Thelma & Louise Live must be next on his list.
Thelma & Louise Live must be next on his list.
So I wasn't imagining that I downloaded it.
Here it is, if anyone is interested (for the next 7 days at least).
https://www.filemail.com/d/axdjazefcomhimw
Here it is, if anyone is interested (for the next 7 days at least).
https://www.filemail.com/d/axdjazefcomhimw
Ngl I'll watch it. Even if I find myself alone. riding in green fields with the sun on my back
It's not shit objectively speaking, but when you see people listing it as historically great you have to wonder where they're coming from. Bog standard blockbuster effort, I would say. Not the worst in its genre, but - yeah - whatever.
"Shit" was a bit harsh. "Average" is more accurate. As an adult I find very little to enjoy in the film. I do like Ancient Rome as an historic setting, but in the Gladiator it only serves as a vessel for forcing the protagonist into a fighting arena.
Yep. As in: it's an average blockbuster, big Hollywood movie, etc. Not particularly bad for that genre. Decent enough acting for the main actors, etc.
Were you not entertained (watching it)? For me, yes - I was sufficiently entertained, at least up until the ridiculous ending where the whole Hollywood/blockbuster shit was turned up to 11 (but would you expect anything else?).
I'd give it a C+.
We should be getting a Julius Caesar biopic named Rubicon before we get a second Gladiator film.
Ricky Gervais as JesusGlady Aytor is tired of her regimented life. Every day she works the same 2-10 at Londis, serving the same Kestrel Super, chasing the same shoplifters.
But a chance encounter with a travelling wizard, who exchanges a mystical orb for some miniature blended whisky bottles, changes everything. With a little rub and a twiddle Glady is transported to a world of Roman conquerors, like Total War II but with better graphics.
But something is wrong with her new world. Russell Crowe's character is somehow still alive and a lot fatter nowadays. He also does everything backwards, including writing "bmoB motA" in his own rectal deposits on the walls of his spaceship. Glady also starts doing everything in reverse whilst Michael Caine creates shadow puppets using the light that emanates from Crowe's magic arsehole, which holds the secret to stopping World War II.
Directed by Christopher Nolan and that guy who hasn't made a good film since the first Alien, Wankstain Productions brings you Gladiator II: Maximus Overdrive.
But a chance encounter with a travelling wizard, who exchanges a mystical orb for some miniature blended whisky bottles, changes everything. With a little rub and a twiddle Glady is transported to a world of Roman conquerors, like Total War II but with better graphics.
But something is wrong with her new world. Russell Crowe's character is somehow still alive and a lot fatter nowadays. He also does everything backwards, including writing "bmoB motA" in his own rectal deposits on the walls of his spaceship. Glady also starts doing everything in reverse whilst Michael Caine creates shadow puppets using the light that emanates from Crowe's magic arsehole, which holds the secret to stopping World War II.
Directed by Christopher Nolan and that guy who hasn't made a good film since the first Alien, Wankstain Productions brings you Gladiator II: Maximus Overdrive.
The Battle of Britain film is apparently one of the most accurate war films of its era, don't see the point of re-making it, a good film about the Berlin airlift is needed - there may be some that exost that I don't know about though
Ridley apparently doesn't rehearse his scenes, which is quite remarkable.
He’s an excellent actor but also a pretty serious athlete, before he took up acting. So he should be perfect.
Is this an actual sequel or basically just Scott doing another film about gladiators?
The latter probably seeing how everyone would be dead and maximus had no progeny.
Considering the time jump it would take place at the crisis of the third century which could be interested (especially with the current circumstances) but the standouts figure of that era is aurelian and I have no idea how you could make a movie about gladiators with him upfront seeing how the poor sod spent most of his time campaigning all over the empire, also the gladiator games had a noticeable downturn during that period.
I read the report and Mescal is playing the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix's character, so it's a sequel.
I thought he would be playing a similar role to Crowe which is why I said he wouldn't be suited for it.
I've not read anything about it, but am obviously conscious Hollywood has little respect for timelines etc...Hopefully it focuses more on action, rather than say the drive to close down the games.
That kid was the only obvious lineage from the original and I guess it's not like Scott is bound by history in whatever story he wants to create. I'm struggling to get excited about the concept, albeit you are always interested in what Scott can make of a film.
There's a certainly potential for that period but I have difficulty seeing how the could connect it to the original.
He would have been a better off just making an unrelated roman periodical instead in my opinion.
After reading this thread, I went on a Scott binge.
The Blade Runner review he mentions -
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1982/07/12/baby-the-rain-must-fall
The Blade Runner review he mentions -
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1982/07/12/baby-the-rain-must-fall
Those paragraphs of criticism strike me as quite reasonable.
Slagging off Vangelis from the start is annoying but unless your deaf, his score works perfectly with the film. It’s also recognised as one of the time great soundtracks and has been influential in a number of music genres.
The second part about why the police or Decker don’t just go to Tyrell is easily the dumbest form of criticism(This was back in the 80’s so can’t even blame dog shit like cinema sins)Another critic Roger Ebert puts it well here -
Roger Ebert said, of Blade Runner:
I think Blade Runner is very good but the plot is the weakest part, by far. It's functional at best.
Also worth remembering that all these reviews are for the original cut of the movie, which is considered worse than the versions of the film we're used to now.
Ebert also hated Blue Velet, the guy was interesting to listening in parts.(The thumbs up or thumbs down stuff was shite) but he should have listed to his own advice more.
Tbh the original cut(The happy dream ending) is the only version of the film that makes sense in any traditional way. The final cuts where it’s shown that Decker is a robot dude doesn’t make much sense and undermines the overall narrative of the film(But it’s a cool twist, so it doesn’t matter Imo)
People can hate the film but the cinema sins/“plot holes” criticism is incredibly lazy. It doesn’t engage with the art and fundamentally misunderstands what films are. Blade Runner is in part a noir film, which means it will have a ton of slow ambience and rambling around, thats what the genre is, it’s not about trying to solve the case as quick as possible.
There’s nothing worse than a critic who is desperately trying to be smarter than the film they are reviewing.
Criticizing non-existent plot holes is silly, but criticizing the broad plot of a movie, which Kael and Ebert do in their review, is fine. Sometimes the broad problems of the plot can be seen in the particulars.
A few plot holes here and there are fine in the service of a story that is engaging, and if some details don't add up because of overall complexity, that is fine. This is really not the case in Blade Runner. The plot is not complex at all.
A few plot holes here and there are fine in the service of a story that is engaging, and if some details don't add up because of overall complexity, that is fine. This is really not the case in Blade Runner. The plot is not complex at all.
When I was watching Avatar recently they had a trailer for the anniversary re-release of Titanic and some bird piped up “ooh! they’ve made a sequel!” True story.
Oh, you beautiful fool. You have started a shit film war you cannot possibly win.I see you and I raise you
Oh, you beautiful fool. You have started a shit film war you cannot possibly win.
You win.funnily enough they look like my type of movies
They should have created a Gladiator Super League to remedy that.
Preach!
“You know what this is? You even know what that is? You don't, You know why? Because you can't see this thing if you don't have to label it. You mistake all those little noises in your head for true knowledge.”
Denzel Washington is gonna be in the film.
He's playing Juba as an old man mentoring Maximus' secret son Minimus.
Juba the hutt.
Bit worrying. Hopefully he pulls a Cameron.
How did I miss this last yearOh, you beautiful fool. You have started a shit film war you cannot possibly win.
Feck Gladiator 2, I want this one.
Not to worry. All the employees they lost on set will be replaced by breathing ones. Life s insurance payouts can be expensive.
Yup. Emperor Commodus will spit acid and grow extra jaws.